Picture-hanging device



April 6 1926. 3,579,357

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Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

@unitn srrss HENRY GROTHE, OF LE SUEUR CENTER, MINNESOTA.

:PICTURE-IINGING DEVICE.

- Application filed yFebruary 25, 1925.- Serial No. 11,445.

To all cti/tom t may concern.

Beit known that I, HENRY Gno'r-in, a citizen or' the United States, residing at Le Sueur Center, in the count57 ot Le Sueur and State ot' lliinnesotaq have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture- Hanging Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for hanging pictures, mirrors, etc., on wallsand the Iobject is to provide a simple, ellicient and inexpensive device particularly adaptable for hanging pictures in frames at any desired height and in proper horizontal position.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a Jfront elevation of my device in operative position holding a 'picture frame in suspended position from a picture moulding on a wall.

Fig. 2 is a tace view of my device alone, in enlaroed scale, its sliding` member being shown in section longitudinally on a vertical line.

Fig. 3 is a detail view as on line 3 3 in Fig. 2, enlarged, showing mainly the mouldy ing engaging hook of my device.

Fig. l is an enlarged sectional elevation as on line l-l in Fig. 2. y

F ig. 5k is an enlarged sectional elevation as on line 5-5 in Fig. 1 showing' the method ot atta-ching the hanger bars or arms of my device to a picture frame.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals 10 designates the main member oft my device comprising a vertically disposed bar, preferably light bar iron, the upper end of which has a hook 1()A adapted to ng ge a picture moulding' 11 o1 the kind us 1ally secured as at 12 on a wall 13 near the ceiling` (not shown) the said bar prelierably being long enough so that its lower vend maybe easily. reached by a person standing on the floor.

@n the bar 10 l mount a sliding member resembling a cross-headl of flat tube shape,

preferably made of a single piece of sheet iron bent to form a iront wall 14, rear wall 14a, a top spacing wall 14h and a like wall 1s at the bottom (see 2 and 4). lValls 1:1" and 141C are provided with registering` central slots 15 for insertion ofY the bar 1() the space within the member at each side of the bar thus forming two opposite pockets ISR and 161' at right and left respectively (see Fig. 2).

19 is a wire ring suitably suspended from an aperture 10B in the lower end of the bar 10 and larOe enough to prevent the cross head 'romsliding oli" the bai.

17H and 1'?"L are angular metal bars each with its inner end pivoted on a pin 2O lined horizontally in member 11i near bar 10 and cach of said bars eXtentl-s upwardly and outwardly from its pivot, The innermost end ot' each bar 17 is pointed downwardly as at 17X in Fig. 2 toward bar 10, both said points adapted to contact with the opposite sides or edges of the main bar when there is weight on the outer ends of the bars. Said outer ends have each a depending flat bar 18R18L pivoted one at .21R and the other at 21L both said bars or arms 18 being or the same length and having each a slot 18A adjacent its lower end for a purpose presently to be described.

ln Figs. 1 and 5, 22 represents a quadra-ngular wooden picture frame having' a glass 23 covering a picture (not shown).` 24 in Fig. 5 shows the usual eye-screw of which there is one in each end of the picture frame for suspending a picture by means of wire (not shown) secured in said eye-screws and passed over a hook (not shown) on the moulding. lVith my device these eye-screws are used by simply turning each one so its head is in a proper plane to pass slot 18A of rod 18 over it and toward the rear face of the frame (see F ig. 5) after which the eye is turned at right angles to slot 18 and thus each bar is securely held. lt will be readily understood that the weight of the picture frame pulls down on the bars or arms 18 and levers 17 causing the inner cam-like ends 17x t-o press against opposite sides of bar 10 and hold the picture in proper suspended position at any desired elevation.

To raise or lower the picture the operator merely holds ring 19 with one hand to hold bar 10 steady then pushes upwardly on the picture trame with his other hand. This causes bars 18 to raise the outer ends or levers 17 as to the positions shown dotted in Fig. 2 causingl cams 17X to be swung outwardly from the bar 10. As there is then no trictional contact theJ picture may be raised or lowered to the desired place. As soon as the operator releases the picture frame its weight causes the cams to grasp bar 10 again, as described.

lli/hat l claim is:

1. In a picture hanging device, a main lill) \ertiezill \v disposed lmr adapted to be Suspended 'from u ixed element. n eroffs memlxer Slidzrble on said bur, Vertieull)v tiltztlile levers pivotnlly secured in Suid cross member one :it euch ,side of tire main bar and adapted to simultaneously engage opposite Sides` of the han', L depending arm pivotnlly Secured to the outer end portion o'' euch lever und mezinS for detaclmbl)r securing' the lower` end or' each erin to :i frame.

"he structure speeitied in claim l in which the inner ends ot' said levers are each formed with :i downwardly und inWnrdl)Y directed pmt to 'l'rietiomilly engage ille umili lmr when the lever is pulled do\\'n'.\';irdl :1i it@ outer end,

i). The structure speeilied in claim l in which said depending :irms :1re em-ll pro- --iided with un elongated aperture zuljueent its lower end for the purpose set forth.

The struetule Specified in claim l und means secured to said main lmr to prevent the slidnble perts from coming oli' the lmr.

In testimony whereof I ulix mjy signature.

HENRY GROTH. 

